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- HORSE POWER. 110,291,283;

Patented Jan. .1, 1884.

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CHARLES E. BOREN AND JOHN S. BOREN, OF BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,283, dated January 1, 1884. Application filed November 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES B. BOREN and out in the claims.

.Figurel is a side elevation, partly in section, of our improved horse-power; and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view thereof, with parts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a wooden frame, in the cross-si1ls a a of which are stepped the upright shaft or king-post b. The vertical shaft bis provided, at a height greater than that of a horse or man, with a shoulder, c, and the upper part of the shaft 1), from the shoulder a to its upper end, is made of less diameter than the lower end of the shaft 1) below the shoulder.

d represents a circular piece of wood or other suitable material, provided with a large central circular orifice, cZ.

9 represents a horizontal master-wheel, having cogs on its upper face near its circumference, which engage with a vertical cog-wheel, h, on the inner end of a horizontal shaft, 1', having its bearings in the frame A, and carrying at its outer end aband-pulley, k, whereby the power is transmitted to a cotton-gin, saw-mill, or other machine. The master-Wheel g is provided with two radial arms, 9, in line with each other, and at right angles to two other radial arms in line with each other, all

' the radial arms 9 being secured at their inner ends to a hollow cylinder or ferrule, Z, which is passed over the reduced upper end of the upright shaft b, and rests on'the shoulder a of said shaft, which thus supports the masterwheel at such a distanceabove the ground that a man or horse can pass under it. The

radial arms 9 are secured near'their outer ends to the ring d by screws passing through holes in the radial arms 9, and thence into the ring (Z.

m m represent lugs or projections, the inner ends of which are secured to the ring d, and project radially from its circumference, and the outer end of each lug m is secured at its outer end to a downwardly and outwardly inclined lever, n, provided at its lower end with a hook, o, to which the single-tree of a horse is attached.

To the sides of the lugs m are secured the straps p, which,'near the ends of the lugs, are formed into arcs of circles, embracing a part of the ring d, and provided with holes for the passage of nails or screws, which secure them to the ring d. The lug m and lever a, to which the horse is attached, thus form an elbow-lever. the vertical shaft or king-post is relieved of all torsional strain, and that the master-wheel is so elevated that a man or beast can readily pass under it.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure lay-Letters Patent, is-

1. In a horse-power, the combination, with the vertical shaft 1), provided with an elevated shoulder, a, and a reduced diameter above said shoulder, of the master cog-wheel 9, having radial arms 9, ferrule Z, ring d, and elbowlevers m a, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a horse-power, the combination, with the frame A and vertical shaft 2), provided with an elevated shoulder, c, and a reduced diameter above said shoulder, of the horizontal master cog-wheel g, having radial arms 9, and ferrule Z, ring d, elbow-levers m it, having straps 0, secured to said ring, horizontal shaft z, carrying cog-wheel h on one end and bandpulley k on its opposite end, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES B. BOREN. JOHN S. BOREN.

Witnesses:

R. M. HALE, P. M. WALKER.

By this construction it will be seen that 

